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\n\nand stored in \n\na plastic \n\nyogurt container\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/on the beach text.jpg"},{"content":"the girl and the boy\n\nwent to the store\n\nthey stood in line\n\nthey had bananas\n\nthey had cans \n\nof beans\n\nthe boy scratched \n\nhis eyebrow\n\nthe girl hummed \n\nto herself\n\nquietly","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/the girl and the boy text.jpg"},{"content":"there was\n\na pause\n\nin the day\n\nduring which \n\nthe boy tied \n\nhis shoe\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/there was a pause text.jpg"},{"content":"outside\n\na seagull screamed\n\nin a parking lot\n\n\n\nthe boy looked \n\nup the street\n\n\n\nthe girl looked \n\nwhere the boy\n\nwas looking\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/a seagull screamed text.jpg"},{"content":"ropes of light\n\ndropped \n\nfrom clouds\n\nlike prisoners \n\nescaping\n\nwrapping \n\nthemselves around\n\nthe wounded earth\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/ropes of light text.jpg"},{"content":"the boy \n\nleaves \n\nthe office\n\nwalks \n\npast \n\na bus \n\nshelter\n\ncrosses \n\na street\n\nsits \n\nin a park\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/the boy leaves text.jpg"},{"content":"the screen door bangs \n\nshut \n\nthe boy \n\ncontinues to look \n\nat the space\n\nwhere the girl \n\nonce was\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/the screen door text.jpg"},{"content":"where the girl was\n\nbefore she went\n\nback inside\n\nthe house\n\nexists\n\nlike an afterburn\n\non the boy’s cornea\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/where the girl was text.jpg"},{"content":"The wind must have been\n\ncooperating.\n\nMary had been afraid\n\nit would get more windy\n\nand stuff would get in\n\nthe food and ruin it.\n\nThe man entered \n\nthe yard and talked \n\nto Mary through \n\nthe kitchen window.\n\nIt made Mary happy\n\nthe next morning\n\nto find someone sitting\n\nin her living room\n\nwith his boots\n\non the coffee table.\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/the wind text.jpg"},{"content":"one \n\ncloudy \n\nnight\n\nthe boy \n\nfelt \n\nhimself \n\nholding \n\nhis breath\n\n\n\nhe could\n\nsee \n\nthe stubble \n\nin the \n\ngirl's \n\narmpits\n","bgimage":"/img/one cloudy night back.jpg","textimage":"/img/one cloudy night text.jpg"},{"content":"the boy looks \n\nat the girl \n\nthrough his glasses \n\n\n\nhis eyes look \n\nreally big\n\nthinks the girl\n\n\n\npardon? \n\nsays the boy\n\n\n\neunuchs \n\nsays the girl\n\n\n\noh \n\nsays the boy \n\n\n\nhe looks down \n\nat his book \n\nfor a while \n\n\n\nthe girl watches \n\nhis eyes\n","bgimage":"/img/through his glasses back.jpg","textimage":"/img/through his glasses text.jpg"},{"content":"the boy takes \n\na drink \n\nof his water \n\n\n\nhis face looks \n\nlike it does \n\nwhen he is trying \n\nto remember  \n\nsomething\n\n\n\nthen he smiles \n\nlike he has \n\njust remembered \n\nwhatever it was\n\nhe was trying to remember\n\n\n\ndid you just remember \n\nsomething \n\nasks the girl\n\n\n\nI did\n\nsays the boy \n\n\n\nhe looks \n\nso happy\n\nthinks the girl\n","bgimage":"/img/the boy takes a drink back.jpg","textimage":"/img/the boy takes a drink text.jpg"},{"content":"I saw this lady \n\nsewing\n\nthe other day\n\nthe girl said\n\nI want to sew\n\n\n\nthere was a pause\n\na moment \n\nwhen it felt\n\nto the boy like \n\neverything was \n\npausing\n\n\n\nthe girl lifted \n\nher arms\n\nthere were tears \n\non her face\n\nmaking it shine \n\nup at the boy\n\nlike the moon \n","bgimage":"/img/i saw this lady back.jpg","textimage":"/img/i saw this lady text.jpg"},{"content":"the girl asks \n\nthe boy \n\na question\n\n\n\nno, says the boy\n\n\n\nbut then, because \n\nhe never feels \n\nvery comfortable\n\nbeing certain \n\nabout anything, \n\nhe says: \n\nat least, \n\nI don't think so\n","bgimage":"/img/the girl asks the boy back.jpg","textimage":"/img/the girl asks the boy text.jpg"},{"content":"the boy \n\nis sitting\n\non an overturned \n\nmilk crate\n\nacross \n\nfrom the old man \n\nwho is lounging\n\nin a lounge chair \n\nthat the boy \n\nbrought out \n\nto the garage \n\nlate \n\none night \n\nwhen \n\nthe old man \n\nwas asleep\n\non the sinewy \n\nblack \n\nsawhorse\n\nof his dreams\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/the boy is sitting text.jpg"},{"content":"it's funny\n\nsays the boy\n\nto the old man\n\n\n\nand the old man \n\nwaits to hear\n\nwhat is funny\n\n\n\nbut the boy \n\nsays nothing\n\nmore\n\n\n\nso the old man \n\nnods knowingly \n\nas though he knows\n\nsomething \n\nhe knows he can't \n\npossibly know \n\nand is very happy\n\nat the impossibility \n\nof not knowing\n\nit\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/it's funny text.jpg"},{"content":"sometimes \n\nI tell myself \n\nstories \n\nthe girl \n\ntells the boy \n\njust so I can \n\nmake things \n\nup \n\n\n\nthe boy\n\nis beside her\n\nin the bed \n\n\n\nthe girl knows\n\nthat the boy \n\nis going to stop \n\nlistening\n\nto her\n\nsoon\n\nso she hurries\n\nto say \n\neverything\n\nshe has\n\nto say\n\nbefore\n\nshe runs\n\nout of time\n\nto say it\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/sometimes I tell myself stories text.jpg"},{"content":"when the girl was little \n\nshe and her little \n\nsister went back \n\nto the little \n\napartment \n\nwhere they lived\n\nwith their parents\n\n\n\nto collect \n\ntennis rackets \n\nto take back \n\nto the creek \n\nand use as clubs \n\non kids \n\nfrom the other side \n\nof town\n\n\n\nwho made fun \n\nof the girl's \n\nlittle sister\n\n\n\n\nbut by the time\n\nthey got back\n\nto the creek\n\nthe other kids\n\nwere gone\n\n\n\nand they found \n\nthemselves alone\n\nsitting on the bank\n\nthrowing sticks\n\nin the water\n","bgimage":"/img/when the girl was little back.jpg","textimage":"/img/when the girl was little text.jpg"},{"content":"the boy \n\nwasn't sure \n\nif he'd heard \n\nright\n\n\n\nit didn't \n\nseem like \n\nthe kind of story \n\na hairdresser \n\nwould tell\n\na customer \n\nshe’d just met\n\n\n\nthe hairdresser's \n\nEnglish was \n\nterrible \n\n\n\nthe boy could\n\nnot be sure\n\nof anything\n\n\n\nwhat the heck\n\nis going on here\n\nhe thought\n\nas he watched \n\nhis hair fall \n\nto the floor\n","bgimage":"/img/the boy wasn't sure back.jpg","textimage":"/img/the boy wasn't sure text.jpg"},{"content":"my daughter woke up \n\nthis morning screaming\n\nand she wouldn't stop\n\n\n\nI dressed her\n\ntied up her shoes \n\nstill she kept screaming\n\n\n\nshe lay on her bed \n\ndressed\n\nwith her shoes on\n\nand she screamed \n\n\n\nthis went on \n\nuntil finally \n\nit was time \n\nfor me to go \n\nto work\n","bgimage":"/img/my daughter woke up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/my daughter woke up text.jpg"},{"content":"the girl lifted\n\nher head\n\nblinked\n\nin the bright \n\nlight\n\nfrom the curtains\n\n\n\n\nbeing ripped\n\nopen\n\nby the boy\n\n\n\nshe dropped\n\nher head\n\nback down\n\nonto her pillow\n\n\n\nher hair\n\nspread out\n\nlike golden thread\n","bgimage":"/img/the girl dropped back.jpg","textimage":"/img/the girl dropped text.jpg"},{"content":"wake up \n\nthe boy told the girl\n\nI want to tell you\n\nthe next part \n\nof the story\n\n\n\nthe girl knew \n\nthe boy couldn't really \n\ntell a story\n\n\n\nnot properly \n\nnot well\n","bgimage":"/img/wake up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/wake up text.jpg"},{"content":"when she was seven\n\nthe girl ate \n\nthe chocolate figurine \n\nthat her parents \n\nhad kept safe\n\nin the bar fridge \n\nin the back room \n\nof their apartment \n\nsince the day \n\nthey got married\n","bgimage":"/img/when she was seven back.jpg","textimage":"/img/when she was seven text.jpg"},{"content":"The girl \n\nthought \n\nshe had \n\nentered \n\nsome kind \n\nof a dream\n\n\n\na dream \n\nthat was like \n\na house \n\nor a contest\n\nor a mall\n\n\n\nonly to find \n\nthat in reality \n\nshe had entered \n\nthe throat \n\nof some \n\nliving monster \n\n\n\nthat resembled \n\na dream \n\nabout a house\n\nor a contest\n\nor a mall\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/the girl thought text.jpg"},{"content":"I was lost\n\nblissfully lost \n\n\n\nI had forgotten \n\nsomething \n\nthat night \n\nas I walked \n\nalong \n\ntoward home \n\n\n\nsomething I felt \n\nnow as though \n\nI should have \n\nremembered \n\n\n\nbut I was glad \n\nI had not \n\nremembered it \n\nback then \n\n\n\nI was sorry \n\nI was remembering \n\nit now \n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/i was lost text.jpg"},{"content":"the boy \n\nsaw\n\nthe girl\n\ntouching\n\nher earlobe\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/earlobe text.jpg"},{"content":"the girl held her \n\nhands at her sides\n\nopening and closing \n\nthem as though \n\nshe were trying to \n\nmake a fist \n\nbut didn't have \n\nthe strength\n","bgimage":"/img/the girl held her hands back.jpg","textimage":"/img/the girl held her hands text.jpg"},{"content":"when the boy woke\n\nin the morning\n\nhe heard a dog\n","bgimage":"/img/when the boy woke back.jpg","textimage":"/img/when the boy woke text.jpg"},{"content":"they were on a planet \n\nthey had never been on\n\nwith trees \n\nthat had never existed\n\nand sounds \n\nin the air \n\nlike important words \n\nbut without \n\nthe encumbrance \n\nof important meaning\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/they were on a planet text.jpg"},{"content":"i liked the books\n\nwhere there was a map\n\non the inside\n\ncovers\n\n\n\ni wrote my name\n\non the map\n\nwith a dot\n\nlike i was a city\n\n\n\nthen i put the book\n\nback on the shelf\n\nin the bookstore\n\nand went home\n\n\n\neventually someone\n\nwould buy it\n\n\n\nit would be funny\n","bgimage":"/img/i got up back.jpg","textimage":"/img/i liked the books text.jpg"},{"content":"one time\n\nthe boy \n\ngave the girl \n\na haircut\n\n\n\nthe boy \n\ncould smell \n\nthe girl\n\n\n\nher ears \n\nexposed \n\nwhere her hair \n\nfell away \n\nfrom the sides \n\nof her head\n","bgimage":"/img/haircut back.jpg","textimage":"/img/haircut text.jpg"},{"content":"I’m going\n\nto the store\n\nsaid the boy\n\nto the girl\n\n\n\ndo you want \n\nto come\n\n\n\nokay\n\nsaid the girl\n","bgimage":"/img/im going to the store back.jpg","textimage":"/img/im going to the store text.jpg"}]}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/i-got-up-and-went-downstairs/","index":8}},"staticQueryHashes":["63159454"]}